A console application is making a call to an Web API but getting 404 response.
The responseBytes array in client below, when converted to string using System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(responseBytes, 0, responseBytes.Length); returns following HTML:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Not Found</TITLE>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" Content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></HEAD>
<BODY><h2>Not Found</h2>
<hr><p>HTTP Error 404. The requested resource is not found.</p>
</BODY></HTML>
Client call
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
client.BaseAddress = new Uri(action);//action=http://<my-app>/headcount/comparison/zip
_logger.InfoFormat("downloading files from {0}", action);
var response = await client.PostAsync(action, new StringContent(jsonInString, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"));
responseBytes = await response.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync();
}
Controller/action:
[ApiController]
[Route("[controller]")]
public class HeadcountController : ControllerBase
{
[HttpPost]
[Route("comparison/zip")]
[Consumes("application/json")]
public IActionResult GetReports(ReportRequest request)
{
//action details...never reached
}
}
Startup.cs
public class Startup
{
public Startup(IConfiguration configuration)
{
Configuration = configuration;
}
public IConfiguration Configuration { get; }
// This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services.AddControllers().AddNewtonsoftJson();
}
// This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
{
if (env.IsDevelopment())
{
app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
}
app.UseHttpsRedirection();
app.UseRouting();
app.UseAuthorization();
app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
{
endpoints.MapControllers();
});
}
}
What am I doing wrong?
